February 21, 2022

Eric's Archive: Butch Vig Interview, Entertainment Today, January 1999

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From 1997-2001, I served as the Music Editor of Entertainment Today, one of Los Angeles' oldest weekly entertainment newspapers. The Int...
February 20, 2022

Eric's Archive: Henry Rollins Interview, March 2001

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In 1991, Jane's Addiction were playing Rochester War Memorial, and there was no way I was missing that show. Jane's had an opening a...
February 19, 2022

Eric's Archive: Brad Smith (Unified Theory) Interview, February 2001

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In early 2001, I interviewed Brad Smith, bass player for '90s rock band Blind Melon as well as the underappreciated, now long-defunct qu...
February 18, 2022

Eric's Archive: Rob Halford Interview, Entertainment Today, August 2000

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In the year 2000, I sat down with Rob Halford for an interview/cover story in support of his solo album, Resurrection . This was, in many wa...
October 29, 2021

Pushing Forward: Phish Lights Up Eugene

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Phish Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene October 19, 2021 The sense of kinship within the Phish fan base — that "we're in this together...
April 23, 2021

Predictions: The Rock Hall Class of 2021

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It never gets any easier. February brought 16 stellar Rock Hall nominees to the table, and close followers of the institution hope the voter...
January 15, 2021

20 Suggestions for the Next Rock Hall Ballot

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As Bob Dylan once sang, "... things have changed."   The Rock Hall Nominating Committee meets later this month to generate a ballo...